Reformed Ecumenical Council Collection, 1944-2011 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

Collection Overview

Title: Reformed Ecumenical Council Collection, 1944-2011

ID: COLL/434

Extent: 43.0 Boxes

Abstract

Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), formerly Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES), was a world-wide organization in confessional ecumenism (united testimony to the Reformed faith). REC and World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) disbanded in 2006 and together created a new organization named World Reformed Communion, later modified into World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), 2010. The collection includes articles of association, reports, letters, conference materials, directories, committee materials, correspondence, resolutions, surveys, clippings, handbooks, papers, acts and agendas. RES and REC periodicals are in the main library.

Collection Historical Note

The Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC), initially the Reformed Ecumenical Synod (RES), was formed on August 14, 1946 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Reformed Ecumenical Council was an international organization of Calvinist churches. About two-thirds of the members of REC were also members of World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC). In 2006 President of REC, Douwe Visser, and president of WARC, Clifton Kirkpatrick, announced the formation of the new organization. The new consolidated organization was called World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Board of Trustees minutes, 1978-2003],
[Series 2: Acts, 1946-2005],
[Series 3: Interim Committee, 1963-2000],
[Series 4: Handbooks, 1963-2001],
[Series 5: Reports, 1947-2007],
[Series 6: Correspondence, 1946-2008],
[Series 7: Committees, Commissions, Conferences, 1966-2004],
[Series 8: Reports, 1944-2005],
[Series 9: Conferences, Meetings, 1967-2008],
[Series 10: Resources material, 1968-2011],
[Series 11: Visits, 1997-2004],
[Series 12: Members, 1962-2007],
[Series 13: World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1981-2006],
[All]

Series 10: Resources material --- 1968-2011

Box 30

Folder 1: Material RE: CRC Membership in R.E.C. RE: Apartheid in S.A. --- 1969-1971
Folder 2: Meeting of the Federal Council of Dutch Reformed Churches - Pretoria --- 1972
Folder 3: Pretoria Regional Conference --- 1972
Folder 4: Meeting of the Federal Council of Dutch Reformed Churches - Pretoria --- 1974
Folder 5: Conference Papers of the Synod - Singapore --- 1974
Folder 6: Regional Conference - Singapore --- 1974
Folder 7: Moderamen Meetings - Cape Town --- 1976
Folder 8: Supplementary Agenda for the Synod - Cape Town, S.A. --- 1976
Folder 9: Meeting of the Federal Council of the Dutch Reformed Churches - Pretoria --- 1978
Folder 10: Pretoria Regional Conference --- March 1978

Box 31

Folder 1: International Ref. Youth Leaders Conference - Nimes --- 1980
Folder 2: S. Africa Consultative Community Material --- 1980-1982
Folder 3: Alliance of Black Reformed Churches in S. Africa Material --- 1981
Folder 4: Dutch Reformed Federal Council Meeting, --- March 1982
Folder 5: Dutch Reformed Federal Council Meeting --- March 1984
Folder 6: Keynote Addresses Given at R.E.S. Conference --- 1984
Folder 7: Moderamen Minutes --- 1984
Folder 8: R.E.S. Conference and Synod - Chicago --- 1984
Folder 9: NGKSA Synod Material --- 1985
Folder 10: Material for R.E.S. Meeting in Zimbabwe --- 1988

Box 32

Folder 1: Papers of the Res. Conferences --- 1988
Folder 2: Synod Harare --- 1988
Folder 3: Dutch Reformed Churches in S. Africa (NGKSA) Consultation --- March 1989
Folder 4: Personal Journal of NGKSA Consultation --- 1989
Folder 5: Dutch Reformed Federal Council Meeting, --- March 1986
Folder 6: NGKSA Synod Material --- 1986
Folder 7: NGSKA - Belhar Synod Material --- 1986
Folder 8: Material on Meeting Prior to Consultation Meeting, --- November 1988

Box 33

Folder 1: Dutch Reformed Churches in S. Africa (NGKSA) Consultation --- March 1988
Folder 2: Dutch Reformed Federal Council Meeting --- March 1988
Folder 3: Theology Conference - Athens --- 1992
Folder 4: NGKSA Synod Material --- 1994
Folder 5: REC Conferences - Grand Rapids --- 1996
Folder 6: Resolutions of the REC Assembly --- 2000
Folder 7: Assembly Worship Book --- 2000
Folder 8-9: Global Christian Forum Consultation - Pasadena, CA --- 2000, 2002
Folder 10: Assembly Worship Book --- 2005
Folder 11: Acts and Agenda - Netherlands --- 2005
Folder 12: Global Christian Forum Consultation - Africa --- 2005
Folder 13: Global Christian Forum - Nairobi --- 2007
Folder 14: Global Christian Forum Consultation - New Delhi, India --- 2008

Box 34

Folder 1-2: Executive Committee Agendas --- 2001-2004
Folder 3: Scrapbook Items - Synod in Grand Rapids --- 1946
Folder 4: Clippings --- 1976-1988
Folder 5: Press Clippings - Harare Synod --- 1988
Folder 6: International Church Tour - Paul Schrotenboer --- December 1967-February 1968
Folder 7: Ecumenical Outreaches --- 1964
Folder 8: Diaconal Ministries Material --- 1975
Folder 9: The Message of Cape Town --- 1977
Folder 10: Studies: The Church and Its Social Calling --- 1979
Folder 11: Material on Dr. Allan Boesak --- 1979-1985

Box 35

Folder 1: Church and Nation --- 1981
Folder 2: Dutch Reformed Church in Africa DRCA Action: Newsletter of the DRCA --- July 1989-September 1990
Folder 3: Miscellaneous S. African Correspondence --- 1980-1992
Folder 4: Directory of Reformed Theological Education --- 1990
Folder 5
Folder 6: Fourth African Regional Youth Conference --- 1994
Folder 7: Reformed Youth Arena --- 1997-2000
Folder 8: Welcoming Address - Indonesia --- 2000
Folder 9: Organizing Committee Final Report - Indonesia --- 2000
Folder 10: Statements: War on Iraq --- 2003
Folder 11: Christian Witness Amidst Religious Pluralism --- 2005
Folder 12: Towards a Theology of Hope in a Time of HIV/AIDS --- 2005
Folder 13: Subject File, REC and WARC Merger --- 2006: 2008
Folder 14: "Reformed Group Launches New Website" - <www.wcrc.ch> --- October 8, 2010
Folder 15
Folder 16: Belhar Confession --- 2006
Folder 17: "Church Seeks Closer Ties" - World Communion of Reformed Churches --- 2011
Folder 18: Graveman - "He Descended Into Hell"
Folder 19: HIV/AIDS